Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 kilometres
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The men's 100 kilometres was one of seven track cycling
events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
programme. Its distance was the longest of the individual event distances. The time limit for the race was 3 hours and 15 minutes. A challenge cup was presented by the Prince of Wales to the winner.
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, flooding the track on occasion. The track was 660 yards long ; some events used full laps of the track; the others used metric distances.-Medal summary:-Medal...
programme. Its distance was the longest of the individual event distances. The time limit for the race was 3 hours and 15 minutes. A challenge cup was presented by the Prince of Wales to the winner.
Semifinal 1
Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time |
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1 | Andrew Hansson | 2:50:21.4 | |
2 | G. C. Lutz | Unknown | |
3 | Sydney Bailey | Unknown | |
4 | Pierre Texier | Unknown | |
5 | J. H. Bishop | Unknown | |
6 | D. C. Robertson | Unknown | |
7-14 | William Anderson | Unknown | |
Alwin Boldt | Unknown | ||
François Bonnet | Unknown | ||
Georgius Damen | Unknown | ||
Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein | Unknown | ||
André Lepere | Unknown | ||
Harry Mussen | Unknown | ||
J. Norman | Unknown | ||
— | Rudolf Katzer Rudolf Katzer Rudolf Katzer was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.With his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze and Hermann Martens he won the silver medal in the team pursuit. He also competed in the 660 yards sprint, in the 5000 metres race, and in the 20 kilometres race, but... |
Did not finish | |
Frederick McCarthy | Did not finish | ||
Ioannis Santorinaios | Did not finish |
Semifinal 2
Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time |
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1 | Leon Meredith | 2:43:15.4 | |
2 | Charles Bartlett Charles Henry Bartlett Charles Henry Bartlett was a British track cyclist. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics where he won the gold medal in the 100 kilometres competition, completing the course in a time of 2 hours 41 minutes and 48.6 seconds.-References:... |
Unknown | |
3 | Gustaf Westerberg | Unknown | |
4 | Octave Lapize Octave Lapize Octave Lapize was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.Most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kilometres, he was a three-time winner of one-day classics, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Brussels.In his first... |
Unknown | |
5 | Walter Andrews | Unknown | |
6 | William Pett | Unknown | |
7-9 | Guillaume Coeckelberg | Unknown | |
Charles Denny | Unknown | ||
Harry Young | Unknown | ||
— | Luigi Arizini | Did not finish | |
Charles Avrillon | Did not finish | ||
H. Cunault | Did not finish | ||
Bruno Götze | Did not finish | ||
Pierre Hostein | Did not finish | ||
R. Jolly | Did not finish | ||
J. Madeleine | Did not finish | ||
Guglielmo Malatesta | Did not finish | ||
Hermann Martens Hermann Martens Hermann Martens was a German track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze, and Rudolf Katzer in the team pursuit... |
Did not finish | ||
William Morton | Did not finish | ||
Dorus Nijland | Did not finish | ||
David Noon | Did not finish | ||
Battista Parini | Did not finish | ||
T. H. E. Passmore | Did not finish | ||
Paul Schulze | Did not finish | ||
Max Triebsch | Did not finish | ||
Louis Weintz | Did not finish |
Final
Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time |
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1 | Charles Bartlett | 2:41:48.6 | |
2 | Charles Denny | Unknown | |
3 | Octave Lapize | Unknown | |
4 | William Pett | Unknown | |
5 | Pierre Texier | Unknown | |
6 | Walter Andrews | Unknown | |
7 | D. C. Robertson | Unknown | |
8 | Sydney Bailey | Unknown | |
— | J. H. Bishop | Did not finish | |
François Bonnet | Did not finish | ||
Guillaume Coeckelberg | Did not finish | ||
Andrew Hansson | Did not finish | ||
G. C. Lutz | Did not finish | ||
Leon Meredith | Did not finish | ||
Harry Mussen | Did not finish | ||
Gustaf Westerberg | Did not finish | ||
Harry Young | Did not finish |